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Having given an account of the confusion of Babylonish forms original: "Baby-loniſh Forms"; a reference to the confusion of tongues at Babel and, in mystical thought, the fragmented and corrupt state of the worldly church., which have been rejected by the Head Shepherd; from whom an Angel has gone forth and sounded the trumpet to proclaim that all formal worship set up by man and established by rational inventions original: "Rational Inventions"; referring to theological systems created by human intellect rather than divine inspiration. must pass away like a shadow. For in this day, nothing shall stand except the power and Spirit of the Lamb, who will cast His Church into no other mold original: "Mold"; meaning a framework, pattern, or form. than that in which He Himself appeared in His resurrection state.